Business - Project Management / Quizlet 4

1

Project managers need two types of abilities to resource a project effectively and efficiently: Technical and _________ abilities.

2

A document that provides more information about each work package by documenting details about the associated deliverable, activity, scheduling information, person responsible, resources required, etc. is called a ________:

3

_____ is the process of monitoring the project costs and managing changes to the cost baseline.

4

All of these are types of project communications timing schedules EXCEPT:

5

When a project team needs to construct a WBS, it needs to include in its planning team a subject matter expert (SME) who understands how each segment of the work will be accomplished.

6

In the context of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, a person can consider self-actualization before addressing basic needs concerning security and safety.

7

Agile teams require motivated members with a higher level of commitment, and agile teams have all of the following desirable traits EXCEPT:

8

For a construction project, the house is the _______ deliverable, and the how-to instructions are the _____ deliverable.

9

The Container Store employees are the happiest and most empowered employees to ever work in retail. If employees are empowered, then by definition the structure must be more

10

The second-to-last item on a standard project team meeting agenda is _________:

11

One of these is NOT an important and necessary function of communications from stakeholders:

12

How do you set the start date of the project?

13

Whom should the project manager consult if there is a severe resource overload and they are considering alternative actions such as reducing the project scope, assigning activities to other workers, splitting activities, reordering activities or resource leveling?

14

All of these could be common causes of scope creep EXCEPT:

15

When assessing project team capability, the project manager should remember that his or her responsibilities are to simultaneously support all of these three entities that are intertwined in many ways, EXCEPT:

16

The earliest start (ES) times and earliest finish (EF) times are determined by calculating forward, that is, by ______.

17

Which of the answers below is NOT information to be contained in the communications matrix?

18

The ________ facilitates the process of integrating project plans for time, resources, and scope.

19

During the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process, project teams create a ______ to define how they will effectively engage stakeholders in the project based on the analysis of the stakeholder's needs, wants and impacts.

20

When crashing a project schedule, the two questions to be asked when deciding which activities to speed up are ________ and _________.

21

Clarence and his team are working on a high profile project, and want to be sure that they are proactive about managing stakeholder expectations. What document can they refer to in order to understand their stakeholders' assumptions?

22

What does the "Max Units" denote on the Resource Sheet?

23

Which two project team success factors have shown the strongest correlation to successful project performance as perceived by senior managers?

24

Near the end of the project, timing issues regarding team members must be addressed. Which of the answers below is NOT one of the three "r" end-of-project activities related to project team members?

25

_____________ is a project execution technique of adjusting the use of resources based on resource availability and the amount of float on activities to accomplish work as soon as possible, given the limited resource availability.

26

How are resource assignments visually shown in the Gantt Chart?

27

Why is it important to involve workers in the planning phase of a project when possible?

28

Explain the risks associated with leveling resources, compressing or crashing projects, and imposed durations or “catch-up” as the project is being implemented.

29

Which of these is NOT a reason why effective communications to stakeholders are necessary?

Find your answers, solutions and more...

We made it much easier for you to find exactly what you're looking for on Sciemce. Enjoy our search engine "Clutch."

Save a GPA. Donate your notes with us.

Business - Project Management / Quizlet 4

Recent Packs